Summer Current Events

Wow!  This summer has been filled with a lot of important stories - if you've been able to get past the punditry surrounding the US presidential election.  Below you'll find a list of some of the international news stories that you may have forgotten or missed:

• Mass shooting in Florida
• Hacking of the DNC
• House democrats take a symbolic stand on gun control
• Britain's vote on EU membership
• Terrorism in France, Bangladesh, Saudi Arabia, Turkey, Iraq, Syria, Afghanistan, Thailand, Germany, Pakistan
• Clashes & violence in Baton Rouge, Minnesota, Dallas, Milwaukee
• Flooding in Louisiana
• Violence in South Sudan
• Coup attempt in Turkey and US position on Turkey's demand to extradite "mastermind?"
• RNC & DNC 
• Black Lives & Blue Lives
• Pokemon Go
• Controversy surrounding Supreme Court Justice Ginsburg
• Supreme court rulings on voter ID laws
• Chinese exercises in South China Sea
• North Korea launches missiles
• AbuDhabi plane crash
• Olympics in Rio (including first time participants and refugee team)
• North Korean ambassador defection
• Iran execution of scientist
• Emperor Akhito's surprising, groundbreaking television appearance
• Airline computer outage
• Saudi bombing of Yemeni school
• Also, be sure you know leaders of countries that have been in the news, the UN, and the nominees running for US president

If you believe I've missed any important stories, please add the story and a link as a comment to this post.

Finally, if you bring a "journal" about the summer's current events to the first day of class, you'll be permitted to use your notes during the current events quiz.  The notes/journal MUST be on paper BEFORE coming to class - you will NOT be allowed to reference GoogleDrive or to print once you've arrived to class.